Tagadà

Tagadà by Paolo Zerbini is a coming of age project  shot around summer fun fairs all over Italy  

Tagadà is the most fun of all rides at the funfair. Big scary rides find no place in the local funfairs of the Italian countryside, so Tagadà is the ultimate challenge. It's the big monster at the end of a video game. It's fear and laughter at the same time. A split second of madness. Body first and mind to follow, both getting out of control. Tagadà makes you bounce, it makes your head spin. Eyes become so heavy you must squint them. One shouldn't drink much before getting on the Tagadà, but obviously everyone drinks way too much before getting on the Tagadà. Things no longer look as they are. Welcome to your teenage years.

The tagadà is the funniest carousel of the traveling fairs. In provincial amusement parks, where bulky and expensive roller coasters cannot find a place, the tagadà is the ultimate challenge. It is the boss against which you have to compete to close the game. Fear and laughter together. A moment of madness. Loss of control. Of the body first and then of the mind. On the tagadà one jumps. On the tagadà the head turns. Her eyes weigh. They close. You shouldn't drink too much before getting on the tagadà. Everyone drinks too much before getting on the tagadà. Vision is impaired. Finally, things are no longer what they seem.